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2005, for the most part, saw things as usual for BEMANI. KONAMI continued to make arcade and home games as per the norm | 2005, for the most part, saw things as usual for BEMANI. KONAMI continued to make arcade and home games as per the norm. | ||
There were four interesting things that happened in the year in BEMANI, though. | |||
The other big shake-up was [[AC GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V]]. After six years of being on dated, archaic hardware, KONAMI finally moved the series to the far stronger PlayStation 2-based BEMANI Python 2 Hardware. The result was a then record 50 new songs, crisper movies, music videos added for the new licenses, and ''lots'' of revivals, with an overall songlist nearly ''double'' that of [[AC GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX]]. [[AC GFDM V2|GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2]] followed in November. | For the first time since 2001, KONAMI introduced two new arcade BEMANI games, both aimed at a younger audience than the other BEMANI games at the time. The first of these was ''Toy'sMarch'', a simple drum-hitting game that looked like the set of drums one would play in a marching band. Up to two players could play at a time, and only had two sensors: one on the drum itself, and a cymbal. Two games in the series were released before it was quietly retired. | ||
The second new BEMANI arcade game was ''DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION'', a dancing game that involved you hitting three rectangular shaped arrows, all placed one beside the other. Like Toy'sMarch, it could be played with up to two people at a time. Unlike that series, though, it never had a sequel, and quietly faded away from arcades. | |||
Third was an unusual collaboration between Nintendo and KONAMI, with the Mario-themed [[CS DDR MARIO|DanceDanceRevolution with MARIO]] on Nintendo Gamecube. Made by Hudson Soft (even running on their ''Mario Party'' series' game engine), it combined Mario game remixes and classical remixes with a story mode, featuring interesting in-game gimmicks and even mini-games. It was the Gamecube's sole DanceDanceRevolution title, though two years later KONAMI and Nintendo would collaborate a ''lot'' more with DanceDanceRevolution-themed games. | |||
The fourth and final big shake-up was [[AC GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V]]. After six years of being on dated, archaic hardware, KONAMI finally moved the series to the far stronger PlayStation 2-based BEMANI Python 2 Hardware. The result was a then record 50 new songs, crisper movies, music videos added for the new licenses, and ''lots'' of revivals, with an overall songlist nearly ''double'' that of [[AC GF11DM10|GUITARFREAKS 11thMIX & drummania 10thMIX]]. [[AC GFDM V2|GuitarFreaks V2 & DrumMania V2]] followed in November. | |||
The fun for GuitarFreaks & DrumMania fans doesn't stop there, though, because in [[2006]] they'd have a '''lot''' more to celebrate. | The fun for GuitarFreaks & DrumMania fans doesn't stop there, though, because in [[2006]] they'd have a '''lot''' more to celebrate. | ||
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* February 23rd: [[AC GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V]] are released to arcades. | * February 23rd: [[AC GFDM V|GuitarFreaks V & DrumMania V]] are released to arcades. | ||
** [[Shigeharu Saeki|Shoccho]], who has been contributing to licensed covers in the series as early as [[AC GF9DM8|GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX]], starts writing new music for BEMANI with this game. | ** [[Shigeharu Saeki|Shoccho]], who has been contributing to licensed covers in the series as early as [[AC GF9DM8|GUITARFREAKS 9thMIX & drummania 8thMIX]], starts writing new music for BEMANI with this game. | ||
* February 24th: '''Toy'sMarch''' is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* February 25th: [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]]'s first album, [[marble]], is released. | * February 25th: [[Tomosuke Funaki|TOMOSUKE]]'s first album, [[marble]], is released. | ||
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== June == | == June == | ||
* June 23rd: '''DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION''' is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
* June 24th: [[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]]'s second album, [[good-cool ultra expander]], is released. | * June 24th: [[Tatsuya Furukawa|good-cool]]'s second album, [[good-cool ultra expander]], is released. | ||
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** [[CS DDR MARIO|Dancing Stage MARIO MIX]] is released in Australasia for the Nintendo GameCube. | ** [[CS DDR MARIO|Dancing Stage MARIO MIX]] is released in Australasia for the Nintendo GameCube. | ||
* November 25th: [[CS DS Max|Dancing Stage Max]] is released in Europe for the PlayStation 2. | * November 25th: [[CS DS Max|Dancing Stage Max]] is released in Europe for the PlayStation 2. | ||
== December == | |||
* December 15th: '''Toy'sMarch2''' is released to Japanese arcades. | |||
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